i JUST made a comment about this myself!
rereading it, i forgot how that situation irked me. cause yeah, the big 'conflict' here beyond the hiding otaku stuff was a total overreaction and subsequent lack of context to his friends XP
honestly, park há wasn't just near forcibly dragged away, he was practically bullied into being 'friends' with that group in the first place
it was a very cute read overall! but, really, there was NO ditching, he even said no before being shouted at and dragged away! yihan just made a silly mess out of nothing XP
YES it was very clear they were peer pressuing him into going with them i wish the mc as a fellow nerd who prob gets treated that way sometimes if liking this sort of thing is so frowned up in this universe that the seme pretends not to like it step in for the seme instead of having a lazy way to create conflict to get them closer him stepping in would pass their relationship to be seen
as solid and make the reader root for them more esp the mc
it would be nice if that happened, but, i will say, yihan is noticeably just as if not more conflict avoidant as park há from similar past bullying so i wouldn't fault him for not knowing what to say when a group of loud, pushy, aggressive strangers claiming to be park há's friends - ones who mostly ignore yihan too - appear to drag park há away. plus, as much as i think it was still way over the top, it DOES set up the chance for the park há to stand up to them at last.
but still! i'm SURE there was a better way to do it than turn that moment into obliviously ignoring park há's notable discomfort and instead end up in a drunken rant over park há being an asshole when he most definitely was not.
yihan being confused and afraid/nervous to confront him on what all happened would have fit pretty easily into what was already there! maybe because it was all a little silly to begin with they went with a more over the top misunderstanding choice than a hurt/comfort level one.
thats true i think it was more wishful thinking from my part before ur right hes def someone who avoids conflict
i get that. i often have moments where i just WISH a character said something or did something in a certain situation. it can be maddening XD
the conflict was silly the seme obv was basically dragged away and they took that as the seme abandoning the mc lol?